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THESE ARE RESEARCH ARTICLES SUBMITTED BY PARTICIPANTS OR CULLED FROM THE AERA SIG UNOFFICIAL SITE
We removed articles that were specific only to higher education, however some of these involve both higher education and K-12.
Allison, P.A. & Wurdinger, S.D. (2005). Understanding the power, promise and peril of the experiential learning process. Teacher Education and Practice, 18(4), 386-399.
Boss, Suzie, Cindy Johanson, Stephen D. Arnold, GLEF; and Walter C. Parker, Diem Nguyen, Susan Mosborg, Susan Nolen, Sheila Valencia, Nancy Vye, and John Bransford, University of Washington. "The Quest for Deeper Learning and Engagement in Advanced High School Courses." Foundation Review 3, no. 3 (2011): 12-23.
Bradley-Levine, J., Berghoff, B., Seybold, J., Sever, R., Blackwell, S. & Smiley, A. (2010). What teachers and administrators "need to know" about project-based learning implementation. Paper presented at Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association. Denver, CO. April, 2010. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/research/study/teachers_and_administrators_need_to_know
Chu, S; Tse, S., Low, E; & Chow, K. (2011). Collaborative inquiry project-based learning: Effects on reading ability and interests. Library & Information Science Research, 33(3), 236-243 Available for purchase online.
Dabbagh, N., & Williams-Blijd, C. (2010). Students’ perceptions of their learning experiences in an authentic instructional design context. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning, 4(1), 6-29. Retrieved from http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ijpbl/vol4/iss1/3
Dabbagh, N., & Williams-Blijd, C. (2009). Case designs for ill-structured problems: Analysis and implications for practice. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 18(2), 141-170.
Dabbagh, N., & Menasce, D. (2006). Student perceptions of engineering entrepreneurship: An exploratory study. Journal of Engineering Education, 95(2), 153-163.
Dabbagh, N., & Denisar, K. (2005). Assessing team-based instructional design problem solutions of hierarchical versus heterarchical web-based hypermedia cases. Educational Technology Research and Development, 53(2), 5-23.
Dabbagh, N. (2002). Assessing complex problem-solving skills and knowledge assembly using web-based hypermedia design. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 11(4), 291-322.
Dabbagh, N., Jonassen, D.H., Yueh, H.P., & Samouilova, M. (2000). Assessing a problem-based learning approach in an introductory instructional design course: A case study. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 13(3), 60-83.
Finkelstein, N., Hanson, T., Huang, C.-W., Hirschman, B., and Huang, M. (2010). Effects of Problem Based Economics on high school economics instruction. (NCEE 2010-4002). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. http://www.bie.org/research/study/experimental_study_of_bie_project_based_economics_units
Geier, R., Blumenfeld, P., Marx, R., Krajcik, J., Fishman, B., Soloway, E. & Clay-Chambers, J. (2004) Standardized Test Outcomes for Students Engaged in Inquiry-Based Science Curricula in the Context of Urban Reform http://www.bie.org/research/study/meap_outcomes_2004
Grant, M. (2009). Understanding projects in project-based learning: A student's perspective. Paper presented at Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA. April, 2009. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/research/study/students_perspective
Hugg, R. & Wurdinger, S. (2007). A practical and progressive pedagogy for project based service learning. InternationalJournal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 19 (2). 191-204.
Mergendoller, J., Markham, T., Ravitz, J., & Larmer, J. (2006). Pervasive management of project based learning. In C. M. Evertson, C. S. Weinstein (Eds.), Handbook of classroom management: Research, practice, and contemporary issues. (pp. 583-615). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/research/study/pervasive_management_of_project_based_learning
Mo, K., & Choi, Y. (2003). Comparing problem-based learning with traditional instruction: Focus on high school economics. Theory and Research in Citizenship Education, 35(1), 89-113. Published by the Association of Social Education in Korea (ISSN: 1598-7280). http://www.bie.org/research/study/korea_pbe
(abstract: English, article: Korean)
Parker, Walter C., Susan Mosborg, John D. Bransford, Nancy J. Vye, John Wilkerson, and Robert Abbott. "Rethinking Advanced High School Coursework: Tackling the Depth/Breadth Tension in the AP US Government and Politics Course." Journal of Curriculum Studies 43, no. 4 (2011): 533-59.
Ravitz, J. (2010). Beyond changing culture in small high schools: Reform models and changing instruction with project-based learning. Peabody Journal of Education, 85(3), 290-313. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/research/study/beyond_changing_culture
Ravitz, J. (2008). Introduction: Summarizing Findings and Looking Ahead to a New Generation of PBL Research. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 3(1), 4-11. Retrieved from http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ijpbl/vol3/iss1/2/
Ravitz, J. (2008). Project Based Learning as a Catalyst in Reforming High Schools. Paper presented at Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association. New York, NY: March 27, 2008. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/research/study/AERA_2008
Ravitz, J., Hixson, N., English, M., & Mergendoller, J. (2012). Using project based learning to teach 21st century skills: Findings from a statewide initiative. Paper presented at Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association. Vancouver, BC. April 16, 2012. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/research/study/PBL_21CS_WV
Ravitz, J. & Blazevski, J. (2010). Assessing the impact of online technologies on PBL use in US high schools. Paper presented at Annual Meetings of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Anaheim, CA. October 28, 2010. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/research/study/online_supports_for_pbl_use
Strobel, J., & van Barneveld, A. (2009). When is PBL more effective? A meta-synthesis of metaanalyses comparing PBL to conventional classrooms. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 3(1), 44-58. Retrieved from http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ijpbl/vol3/iss1/4
Thomas, J. W. & Mergendoller, J. R. (2000). Managing project-based learning: Principles from the field. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/research/study/principles_from_the_field
Walker, A., & Leary, H. (2009). A problem based learning meta analysis: Differences across problem types, implementation types, disciplines, and assessment levels. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 3(1), 12-43. Retrieved from http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ijpbl/vol3/iss1/3
Wurdinger, S. & Enloe, W. (2011). Cultivating life skills at a project based charter school. Improving Schools, 14 (1), 84-96
Wurdinger, S. & Rudolph, J. (2009). A different type of success: teaching important life skills through project based learning. Improving Schools, 12 (2), 117-132
Wurdinger, S. & Rudolph, J. (2009) Teaching that promotes student learning: five experiential approaches. Journal of Teaching and Learning, 6 (1), 1-13
Wurdinger, S., Haar, J., Hugg, R., & Bezon, J. (2007). A qualitative study using project based learning in a mainstream middle school. Improving Schools, 10(2), 150-161.
Wurdinger, S.D. (2012) Time for action: Stop teaching to the test and start teaching skills. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Wurdinger, S. D. and Carlson, J. A. (2010) Teaching for experiential learning: five approaches that work. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
COLLECTIONS
Interdisciplinary Journal for Problem Based Education (IJPBL) -- http://ijpbl.org
THESE ARE RESEARCH ARTICLES SUBMITTED BY PARTICIPANTS OR CULLED FROM THE AERA SIG UNOFFICIAL SITE
We removed articles that were specific only to higher education, however some of these involve both higher education and K-12.
Allison, P.A. & Wurdinger, S.D. (2005). Understanding the power, promise and peril of the experiential learning process. Teacher Education and Practice, 18(4), 386-399.
Barron, B. & Darling-Hammond, L. (2008). Powerful learning: Studies show deep understanding derives from collaborative methods. Novato, CA: Edutopia. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/inquiry-project-learning-research
Bell, S. (2010). Project-based learning for the 21st century: Skills for the future. The Clearing House, 83, 39-43. Retrieved from
http://teacherscollegesj.org/resources/publications/PBL%20for%20the%2021%20Century.pdf
Belland, B., Glazewski, K. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Inclusion and Problem-Based Learning: Roles of Students in a Mixed-Ability Group. Research in Middle Level Education-Online, 32(9). Retrieved from http://www.nmsa.org/Publications/RMLEOnline/Articles/Vol32No9/tabid/1948/Default.aspx
Boaler, J. (2002). Learning from teaching: Exploring the relationship between reform curriculum and equity. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 33(4), 239-258. Retrieved from http://tnl.esd113.org/cms/lib3/WA01001093/Centricity/ModuleInstance/276/BoalerReformCurriculumandequity.pdf
Boss, Suzie, Cindy Johanson, Stephen D. Arnold, GLEF; and Walter C. Parker, Diem Nguyen, Susan Mosborg, Susan Nolen, Sheila Valencia, Nancy Vye, and John Bransford, University of Washington. "The Quest for Deeper Learning and Engagement in Advanced High School Courses." Foundation Review 3, no. 3 (2011): 12-23.
Bradley-Levine, J., Berghoff, B., Seybold, J., Sever, R., Blackwell, S. & Smiley, A. (2010). What teachers and administrators "need to know" about project-based learning implementation. Paper presented at Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association. Denver, CO. April, 2010. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/research/study/teachers_and_administrators_need_to_know
Chu, S; Tse, S., Low, E; & Chow, K. (2011). Collaborative inquiry project-based learning: Effects on reading ability and interests. Library & Information Science Research, 33(3), 236-243 Available for purchase online.
Dabbagh, N., & Williams-Blijd, C. (2010). Students’ perceptions of their learning experiences in an authentic instructional design context. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning, 4(1), 6-29. Retrieved from http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ijpbl/vol4/iss1/3
Dabbagh, N., & Williams-Blijd, C. (2009). Case designs for ill-structured problems: Analysis and implications for practice. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 18(2), 141-170.
Dabbagh, N., & Menasce, D. (2006). Student perceptions of engineering entrepreneurship: An exploratory study. Journal of Engineering Education, 95(2), 153-163.
Dabbagh, N., & Denisar, K. (2005). Assessing team-based instructional design problem solutions of hierarchical versus heterarchical web-based hypermedia cases. Educational Technology Research and Development, 53(2), 5-23.
Dabbagh, N. (2002). Assessing complex problem-solving skills and knowledge assembly using web-based hypermedia design. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 11(4), 291-322.
Dabbagh, N., Jonassen, D.H., Yueh, H.P., & Samouilova, M. (2000). Assessing a problem-based learning approach in an introductory instructional design course: A case study. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 13(3), 60-83.
Finkelstein, N., Hanson, T., Huang, C.-W., Hirschman, B., and Huang, M. (2010). Effects of Problem Based Economics on high school economics instruction. (NCEE 2010-4002). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
http://www.bie.org/research/study/experimental_study_of_bie_project_based_economics_units
Geier, R., Blumenfeld, P., Marx, R., Krajcik, J., Fishman, B., Soloway, E. & Clay-Chambers, J. (2004) Standardized Test Outcomes for Students Engaged in Inquiry-Based Science Curricula in the Context of Urban Reform http://www.bie.org/research/study/meap_outcomes_2004
Grant, M. (2009). Understanding projects in project-based learning: A student's perspective. Paper presented at Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA. April, 2009. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/research/study/students_perspective
Hugg, R. & Wurdinger, S. (2007). A practical and progressive pedagogy for project based service learning. InternationalJournal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 19 (2). 191-204.
Maxwell, N.L., Bellisimo, Y., & Mergendoller, J. (2001). Published in The Social Studies, Vol. 92., No. 2., pp. 73-78. Retrieved from
http://www.bie.org/research/study/modifying_the_medical_model
Mergendoller, J., Markham, T., Ravitz, J., & Larmer, J. (2006). Pervasive management of project based learning. In C. M. Evertson, C. S. Weinstein (Eds.), Handbook of classroom management: Research, practice, and contemporary issues. (pp. 583-615). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Retrieved from
http://www.bie.org/research/study/pervasive_management_of_project_based_learning
Mo, K., & Choi, Y. (2003). Comparing problem-based learning with traditional instruction: Focus on high school economics. Theory and Research in Citizenship Education, 35(1), 89-113. Published by the Association of Social Education in Korea (ISSN: 1598-7280). http://www.bie.org/research/study/korea_pbe
(abstract: English, article: Korean)
National Middle School Association (2010). Project-Based Learning in Middle Grades Mathematics. Retrieved from
http://www.bie.org/research/study/project_based_learning_in_middle_grades_mathematics
Parker, Walter C., Susan Mosborg, John D. Bransford, Nancy J. Vye, John Wilkerson, and Robert Abbott. "Rethinking Advanced High School Coursework: Tackling the Depth/Breadth Tension in the AP US Government and Politics Course." Journal of Curriculum Studies 43, no. 4 (2011): 533-59.
Ravitz, J. (2010). Beyond changing culture in small high schools: Reform models and changing instruction with project-based learning. Peabody Journal of Education, 85(3), 290-313. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/research/study/beyond_changing_culture
Ravitz, J. (2008). Introduction: Summarizing Findings and Looking Ahead to a New Generation of PBL Research. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 3(1), 4-11. Retrieved from http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ijpbl/vol3/iss1/2/
Ravitz, J. (2008). Project Based Learning as a Catalyst in Reforming High Schools. Paper presented at Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association. New York, NY: March 27, 2008. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/research/study/AERA_2008
Ravitz, J., Hixson, N., English, M., & Mergendoller, J. (2012). Using project based learning to teach 21st century skills: Findings from a statewide initiative. Paper presented at Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association. Vancouver, BC. April 16, 2012. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/research/study/PBL_21CS_WV
Ravitz, J. & Blazevski, J. (2010). Assessing the impact of online technologies on PBL use in US high schools. Paper presented at Annual Meetings of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Anaheim, CA. October 28, 2010. Retrieved from
http://www.bie.org/research/study/online_supports_for_pbl_use
Strobel, J., & van Barneveld, A. (2009). When is PBL more effective? A meta-synthesis of metaanalyses comparing PBL to conventional classrooms. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 3(1), 44-58. Retrieved from http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ijpbl/vol3/iss1/4
Thomas, J. (2000). A review of project based learning. San Rafael, CA: The Autodesk Foundation. Retrieved from
http://www.bie.org/research/study/review_of_project_based_learning_2000
Thomas, J. W. & Mergendoller, J. R. (2000). Managing project-based learning: Principles from the field. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/research/study/principles_from_the_field
Walker, A., & Leary, H. (2009). A problem based learning meta analysis: Differences across problem types, implementation types, disciplines, and assessment levels. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 3(1), 12-43. Retrieved from http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ijpbl/vol3/iss1/3
Wurdinger, S. & Enloe, W. (2011). Cultivating life skills at a project based charter school. Improving Schools, 14 (1), 84-96
Wurdinger, S. & Rudolph, J. (2009). A different type of success: teaching important life skills through project based learning. Improving Schools, 12 (2), 117-132
Wurdinger, S. & Rudolph, J. (2009) Teaching that promotes student learning: five experiential approaches. Journal of Teaching and Learning, 6 (1), 1-13
Wurdinger, S., Haar, J., Hugg, R., & Bezon, J. (2007). A qualitative study using project based learning in a mainstream middle school. Improving Schools, 10(2), 150-161.
Wurdinger, S.D. (2012) Time for action: Stop teaching to the test and start teaching skills. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Wurdinger, S. D. and Carlson, J. A. (2010) Teaching for experiential learning: five approaches that work. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
COLLECTIONS
Interdisciplinary Journal for Problem Based Education (IJPBL) -- http://ijpbl.org
Buck Institute for Education: Research Pages (Syntheses, Practices & Outcomes) http://www.bie.org/research
Buck Institute for Education (2010). Does PBL work? Novato, CA: Author. Retrieved from http://www.bie.org/about/does_pbl_work
Challenge Based Learning studies - from the Apple Learning Interchange -- http://ali.apple.com/cbl/
Edutopia (2001). PBL Research summary: Studies validate project-based learning. Novato, CA: Author.
Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-research
Version with abstract links: http://www.bie.org/research/study/studies_validate_project-based_learning_edutopia_2001
ERIC Digest #132 Problem Based Learning in Language Instruction (1988): http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/digests/d132.html
ERIC Digest #163 Learning to Learn: Preparing Teachers and Students for Problem-Based Learning (2001): http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/digests/d163.html
Papers and Reviews on PBL Evidence in Scopus (collection of abstracts, PDF) - http://www.hu.liu.se/pedagogisktcentrum/pdf/1.64160/PBLevidencereferencesandabstracts.pdf
List of article summaries: http://edr1.educ.msu.edu/references/viewarticle.asp
Resources from the AERA Official SIG homepage (ERIC RSS feed): http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=204&id=1315
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